The distinguishing feature of proselytizing is an aim that typically supervenes upon “ordinary” religious expression. It is an accompanying mental…
Proselytism and religious freedom
international affairs
U.S. Relations with the Muslim World: One Year After Cairo
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy will hold it's 11th annual conference this Wednesday, April 28, on "U.S.…
For and against proselytism
I view my task not as that of winning points in a debate on the grounds of logical or rhetorical…
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
In my opening post, I suggested that a second assumption underpinning the Chicago Report is that American foreign policy should…
The right to truth: An interview with Eduardo Gonzalez
Eduardo Gonzalez is a sociologist and the director of the Truth-Seeking Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice. He…
Islam and terrorism
In my previous post, I suggested that one of the latent assumptions underpinning the Chicago Report is that terrorism is…
“Sorry comforters” and the new Natural Law
I read the Chicago Council Task Force Report, “Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy,” as…
Religious freedom and U.S. foreign policy
Over the past few weeks, The Immanent Frame has been the site of a high-profile discussion on religious freedom. Earlier…
A valuation of religious freedom
Winnifred Sullivan and Elizabeth Hurd, in particular, seem to interpret the Chicago Council Report as an attempt to construct a…
What is a metaphor a metaphor for?
Haiti has always suffered from a plight of representation: “Black France” for Jules Michelet, “a tropical dog-kennel” for Thomas Carlyle,…